Case for holding and displaying samples of cards



(No Model.) r

' 4 G. H. PEDRIGK.

CASE FOR HOLDING AND DISPLAYING SAMPLES 0F CARDS. No.555, 6l5.

Patented Mar. 3, 1896.

Inventor.

Witnesses.

' Attorney.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. PEDRIGK, OF MOORESTOWN, NEW JERSEY.

CASE FOR HOLDING AND DISPLAYING SAMP LES OF CARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 555,615, dated March 3,1896.

Application filed July 24, 1895. Serial No. 557,017. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. PEDRICK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Moorestown, in the county of Burlington and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cases forHolding and Displaying Samples of Cards, &c. 3 and I do hereby declarethe following to be a sufficiently full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof as to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the saidinvention.

This invention relates to cases for holding and transporting samples ofcard or other flat materials or fabrics, and has for its object theretaining of such samples in classified order, and presenting all ofthem simultaneously to inspection in the most convenient position forobservation and reference by simply opening the lid of the case.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out inthe claim.

I will now proceed to particularly describe the construction andoperation of this invention, referring in so doing to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective'view of my case partlyopen. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of Fig. 1.

1 1 represent the vertical sides of the case, 2 the bottom, and 3 and 4,respectively, the parallel inclined front and rear sides of the case. 5are transverse partitions also inclined and parallel with the front andrear sides 3 and 4. 6 are Vertical partitions at right angles to theinclined partition 5.

The intersecting partitions 5 and 6 divide the box into rectangularinclined compartments 7, and cards or other flat samples of merchandiseplaced in them are presented to View at a convenient angle to receivelight and present their faces at right angles to the line of vision ofan observer.

The depth of the compartments '7 is such as to retain the samples orcards with a portion of the latter exposed above the compartments whenthe slidable cover 9 is removed. The said cover has an opening or spaceequal to or greater than the exposed sample ends and is provided withcleats 12 upon the inner sides, reaching from end to end of the coverand extending from the top of the latter to the top of the case, to holdthe bottom 2 of the case in contact with the bottom 13 of the cover, sothat the cards or samples are protected from being crushed, bent, orotherwise mutilated by contact with the cover 9 as the latter is slidover the case. the case projects above the top edge of the lattersufficiently to close the said opening between the cover and case.

When filled with samples, each sample is held in inclined position andall are fully displayed simultaneously in the best light for inspectionimmediately upon opening the case or box.

Having described this invention, What I claim is- In a sample-holder,the combination of the case having two parallel inclined sides, one ofsuch sides having a portion projecting above the top edge of the case,inclined partitions parallel with the sides, two vertical parallelsides, and vertical partitions intersecting said inclined partitions toform the sample-compartments, with the slidable cover having an openingor space to receive the projecting sample ends, and the cleats securedin said opening to keep the bottom of the case and of the cover incontact, substantially as shown and described.

C. H. PEDRICK.

Witnesses:

O. R. MORGAN, HAROLD H. PRINDLE.

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